HURST, '''an ecclesiastical [chapelry'''], in the division of Hartshead, and '''''in parish''''' and union '''''of [[Ashton under Lyne St Michael, Lancashire|Ashton-under-Lyne]]''''', hundred of Salford, S. division of Lancashire, 1 mile northeast&nbsp;from Ashton-under-Lyne. The church, dedicated to '''St. John the Evangelist''', was commenced in ''1847''. It stands near Hurst Cross, another small village in the parish. A&nbsp;place of worship belonging to the New Connexion of Methodists has been erected here.<ref>''[[A Topographical Dictionary of England]]'' by Samuel Lewis (1848), pp. 591-594. Adapted.Date accessed: 01 July 2010.</ref>

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HURST, '''an ecclesiastical [chapelry'''], in the division of Hartshead, and '''''in parish''''' and union '''''of [[Ashton under Lyne St Michael, Lancashire|Ashton-under-Lyne]]''''', hundred of Salford, S. division of Lancashire, 1 mile northeast&nbsp;from Ashton-under-Lyne. The church, dedicated to '''St. John the Evangelist''', was commenced in ''1847''. It stands near Hurst Cross, another small village in the parish. A&nbsp;place of worship belonging to the New Connexion of Methodists has been erected here.<ref>''[[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51056#s5 A Topographical Dictionary of England]]'' by Samuel Lewis (1848), pp. 591-594. Adapted.Date accessed: 21 October 2013.</ref>

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Chapelry History

HURST, an ecclesiastical [chapelry], in the division of Hartshead, and in parish and union of Ashton-under-Lyne, hundred of Salford, S. division of Lancashire, 1 mile northeast from Ashton-under-Lyne. The church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, was commenced in 1847. It stands near Hurst Cross, another small village in the parish. A place of worship belonging to the New Connexion of Methodists has been erected here.[1]

Resources

Civil Registration

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records

Online Records

Church of England

Hurst chapelry's registers of christenings, marriages and burials, along with those of the ancient parish of Ashton under Lyne to which it is attached, have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following web sites and ranges of years:

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Hurst and comprising the whole ancient parish of Ashton under Lyne to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the ASHTON UNDER LYNE ST MICHAEL PARISH page.

Census records

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library. The first film number is 306917.

Probate records

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Lancashire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.